Hammock.



Pat ented May 6, I902.

l. E. PALMER.

HAMMOGK.

(Application filed May 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWVN, CONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,410, dated May 6, 1902.

Application filed May 4, 1901. Serial No. 58,73 7. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Hammock, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hammocks, and more particularly to means for stringing hammocks, with the object in view of providing simple and efiective means for preventing the ends of the hammock-spreader when inserted in a pocket at the end of the hammock, as is usual, from wearing their Way through the wall of the pocket, and thereby injuring the hammock structure and giving the hammock an unsightly appearance.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in top plan the end of a hammock as it appears when strung for use; Fig. 2 is an enlarged end view of the spreader and portions of the edge of the hammock and hammock-supporting cords in proximity thereto. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the spreader in proximity to the edge of the hammock, showing the parts of the hammock adjacent thereto and the clip in position ready to be clenched, the clenched position of its prongs being represented in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a view of the clip in detail, and Fig. 5 represents a modified form of clip.

The spreader is denoted by a and is represented in the present instance fiat oval in cross-section, its opposite ends being somewhat tapered, as at b.

The spreader here represented is intended to be inserted in a pocket 0, formed in the end of the hammock-body cl, and the suspension-cords e at the opposite edges of the ham mock have one part extended from the point f, where it is attached to the bight of the suspension-loop g down to the end of the spreader, where its end, provided with a knot 71, is passed under the clip 2' before the latter is clenched around the spreader.

The clip 2' before its ends are clenched over is in the form of a U shaped staple, with its prongs 7' and 7; extending parallel, orsubstantially so, away from its head and separated a distance equal to the width of the spreader.

The parts are assembled by inserting the spreader within the pocket in the end of the hammock-body and then inserting the prongs of the clip as it straddles the spreader through the wall of the spreader-pocket until the head rests in contact with the outer face of the upper wall of the pocket, and its prongs project through the outer face of the under wall of the pocket, the knotted end of the suspension-cord having been inserted between the head of the clip and the outer face of the upper wall of the pocket before the latter is forced home. The clip having been thus inserted through the walls of the pocket aside of the spreader near the end of the spreader, its prongs 7c and j are turned over toward one another into the position represented in dotted lines in Fig. 3, drawing the clip snugly around the spreader and pinching the walls of the pocket and the knotted end of the suspension-cord tightly between the clip and the spreader. The structure thus formed causes the strain from the opposite edges of the hammock toward its middle when in use to be taken by the clip and spreader itself throughout the entire periphery of the spreader as distinguished from drawing on the extreme end or corners of the spreader, as has heretofore been common, and consequently there is no longer any tendency for the ends of the spreader to work their way through the Walls of the pocket. Furthermore, by leaving one part of the suspension-cord down to the end of the spreader and securing it simultaneously with the securing of the spreader to the Wall of the pocket the strain is relieved on the outer loop or loop at the edge of the hammock, enabling the outer loop to last as long as the intermediate loops, on which the strain is somewhat lesssevere.

The clip may be provided with a flattened rosette Z on its head for purposes of ornament and to give a more extended frictional contact between the Wall of the pocket and the clip, or it may be made plain throughout, as represented in Fig. 5. The head of the clip may also be provided on its under side with one or more sharp spurs m for preserving the wall of the pocket and engaging the surface of the spreader,or it may be left smooth on its inner wall, as may be found expedient.

What I claim is-- 1. The combination with a hammockspreader and hammock, the latter being provided with a pocket for the reception of the spreader, the said pocket having end walls adapted to conceal the ends of the spreader, of a clip for binding the spreader to the body of the hammock and tothe wall of the pocket whereby the spreader is held in position with relation to the body of the hammock and is prevented from wearing its end through the wall of the pocket under the lateral strain of the hammock, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a hammockspreader and hammock, of a clip arranged to embrace the spreader and lock the hammockbody between it and the spreader and a suspension-cord secured between the clip and spreader, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a hammock having a suspension-cord extending at its edge down to the body of the hammock, the said hammock body being provided with a spreader-pocket at its end, of a spreader located within the pocket at the end of the hammock and a clip embracing the spreader,

the end of the cord and the wall of the pocket for locking the wall of the pocket and the cord to the spreader, substantially as set 

